†Hapalospongia Rigby and Collins 2004 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Ulospongiellidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and D. Collins. 2004. Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia. Royal Ontario Museum Contributions in Science 1:1-155
Parent taxon: Ulospongiellidae according to J. K. Rigby and D. Collins 2004
Sister taxon: Ulospongiella
Subtaxa: Hapalospongia flexuosa
Type: Hapalospongia flexuosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 14s. Trilobite Bed, Mount Stephen (Cambrian of British Columbia)
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